Couple facing charges after climbing Empire State Building in sky-high stunt

The couple who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building were criminally charged in connection with scaling the New York City skyscraper. Angelina Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were each charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief and an additional charge. NBC News' Valerie Castro reports. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-sco... » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/bre... » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #news #empirestatebuilding #nyc

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